RE: building new fields using substr in sql

First blush is to cast to a character with specific length:
Cast substr(field,3,6) as char(6)

Loyd Goodbar
Senior programmer/analyst
BorgWarner
TS Water Valley
662-473-5713

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Abreu
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 14:49
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: building new fields using substr in sql


I have been substring data from pieces of
fields and outputting the fields to a physical file
created new by the sql run

I keep getting 2 extra positions of "non-diplayable"
data in front of any field I "built", but not in front
of a whole field that already existed,

this causes the desired record lenth to be off
by multiples of 2 (for each occurrance of a substr'd field)

How do I get around those control bytes so they do
NOT add to my record length.

thanks in advance for your help.



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